Titel presentatie[Naam, organisatienaam]

Touring Day - Welcome

Ivo Demmers

Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research For quality of life2016 November 8th , Ivo Demmers

Remco Kranendonk, academic trackMirte Cofino, food track

And may others

Wageningen mission

‘to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’

Natural resources andliving environment

Wageningen’s domain: Food and Living Environment

Food, feed andbiobased production

Society andwell-being

Sustainable production and food processing Animal feed and biobased products International food chains and networks Food security and food health aspects

Nature and landscape Land use Water, sea and natural

resource management Biodiversity

Food and Living environment Lifestyle Perceptions Governance Market and chains Social innovations

Focus of our contribution• A global one health: better health for humans, animals and plants

• Resource use efficiency: more sustainable and efficient systems of

production and consumption

• Resilience: research into the resilience of ecosystems and economic and

social systems

• Metropolitan solutions: research into issues surrounding sustainability and

quality of life for cities

• Synthetic biology: the development of new biological systems

Strong position in the rankingsRanking in QS World University Rankings 2016-2017, 'Agriculture and Forestry‘: 1

Ranking in QS World University Rankings 2016-2017, 'Environmental Sciences‘: 4

Ranking in National Taiwan University Ranking, World Universities 2015-2016, 'Agriculture‘: 1

Ranking in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016, 'Life Sciences‘: 47

Ranking in Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015, 'Life & Agriculture Sciences‘: 29

Ranking in Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs in full time university education 2015: 1 (11 years in succession)

Our strengths: the combination of university and market-oriented research institutes

Wageningen University & 9 Research institutes●Turnover > € 700 mln●6,500 employees●10,000 stud. (> 100 countries)

• Collaboration between science disciplines• Strong international position• Strong collaboration with government, industry,

research institutes and social organisations• Wageningen Campus

Wageningen in the world• 30 locations in The Netherlands• Offices in China, Bangladesh, Ethiopia• Representatives in Mexico, Myanmar• Continuous projects in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Egypt, South-Africa, Saudi-Arabia,

Abu-Dhabi, Vietnam, Colombia, Brazil, Myanmar

Wageningen and Clusters

• Partner in regional innovation ecosystems and triple helix organizations– increase productivity, improve chains– improve sustainability: resource use efficiency

• Agrofood clusters , biobased clusters • Green growth in cities, innovation ecosystem• Sustainable clusters and circular economy• Local presence and Global Value Chains

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Introducing our special guest...

• Food = connecting theme throughout the conference

• Not just in theory!• Onions are the #1 Dutch agricultural export

product• With a contribution of 15% of global onion

exports, the Netherlands is the largest onion exporter worldwide

Wishing you an inspiring conference!